Recording Solo: Managing Long-Distance Data Collection within Audio Diary Research with Healthcare Professionals by Veronica Moretti

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Towards efficient and reliable utilization of automated data collection: Media scrapers applied to news on climate change by Erkki Mervaala, Jari Lyytimäki

“…While easing or even removing some of the key problems, such as laborious and time-consuming data collection and potential errors and biases related to subjective coding of materials and distortions caused by focus on small samples, automated methods also bring in new risks such as poor understanding of contexts of the data or non-recognition of underlying systematic errors or missing information. …”
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Incremental Gate State Output Decomposition Model for Highway Traffic Forecasting Using Toll Collection Data by Liang Yu, Ming Li, Kaifeng Liu, Xiangping Cheng

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Releasing synthetic data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC): Guidelines and applied examples [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with res... by Nicholas J. Timpson, Kate Northstone, Jon Heron, Daniel Major-Smith, Alex S. F. Kwong

“…Given the rich nature of the resource, ALSPAC data are also a valuable educational tool, used for teaching a variety of methods, such as longitudinal modelling and approaches to modelling missing data. …”
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Multi-Mode Face-to-Face and Telephone Approach to Data Collection in Health Surveys: A Scoping Review by Paulo Henrique Guerra, Letícia Aparecida Calderão Sposito, Daniel Umpierre, Alex Antonio Florindo

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: The present study aims to identify information from health research studies that have used a mixed-methods data collection approach, considering the combination of face-to-face and telephone interviews (referred to as the MMFT approach), specifically focusing on identifying themes, objectives, designs, populations involved, and implementation processes. …”
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Agreement and utility of coded primary and secondary care data for long-term follow-up of clinical trial outcomes by Ariel Wang, Anna E Seeley, Matthew R Sydes, Nicholas Jones, Simon de Lusignan, FD Richard Hobbs, Richard J McManus, Marney Williams, James P Sheppard

“…Methods This retrospective, participant-level data utility comparison study was undertaken using data collected as part of a UK primary care-based, randomised controlled trial (OPTiMISE). …”
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A smartphone application as a promising tool for large-scale collection of participant data on fertility treatment by Ryo Yokomizo, Tsuguhiko Kato, Kevin Y. Urayama, Akari Nakamura, Makoto Sato, Risa Nasu, Maaya Hine, Hiroshi Kishi, Haruhiko Sago, Aikou Okamoto, Akihiro Umezawa

“…In this study we explored the potential of using a smartphone application platform to collect clinical data from patients directly. We recruited participants using the smartphone application “Luna Luna” and requested information that is typically gathered during a medical checkup, including basic physical characteristics, medical history, and results of fertility examinations such as hormone levels and semen analysis. …”
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Pavement condition detection using acceleration data collected by smartphones based on 1D convolutional neural network by Yudong Han, Zhaobo Li, Jiaqi Li

“…In this study, a public participation solution is proposed, and a one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1D-CNN) is introduced to directly process acceleration signals, addressing the limitations of traditional machine-learning classification methods. In this study, a smartphone and bicycle were used as the experimental tools, and 422 samples of acceleration data across the X-, Y-, and Z-axes were collected, including four types of pavement conditions: bumpy pavement, speed bumps, smooth pavement, and potholes. …”
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Data Collection and Monitoring in an Educational RCT of a Postsecondary Access Program: Assessing Internal and External Validity by Brent Joseph Evans, Eric Perry Bettinger, Anthony Lising Antonio

“…We discuss how we used mixed methods data collection to reveal important changing contextual factors in an evaluation of a postsecondary access program in the U.S. state of Texas. …”
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Crop2Cloud platform: Real-time data integration for agricultural water monitoring by Bryan Nsoh, Abia Katimbo, Kendall C. DeJonge, Weizhen Liang, Hongzhi Guo, Yufeng Ge, Derek M. Heeren, Yeyin Shi, Xin Qiao, Daran R. Rudnick, Hope Njuki Nakabuye, Birru Girma, Isa Kabenge, Joshua Wanyama

“…A designed dashboard can display collected data, computed WSIs, and irrigation recommendations from selected methods: only CWSI, only SWSI, combining SWSI + CWSI, and fuzzy logic. …”
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What gets measured in palliative care? A review and synthesis of routine data collection in 16 countries by Eimir Hurley, Peter May, Soraya Matthews, Charles Normand, Bridget M. Johnston

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Developing an AI-powered wound assessment tool: a methodological approach to data collection and model optimization by Alessio Stefanelli, Sofia Zahia, Guillaume Chanel, Rania Niri, Swann Pichon, Sebastian Probst

“…The models were optimized for mobile implementation through quantization, achieving real-time inference with an average processing time of 0.3 seconds and only a 0.3% performance reduction. The dual approach to data collection, prospective and retrospective—ensured both image standardization and real-world variability, enhancing the model’s generalizability. …”
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Management and Collection of Occupational Data for Health (ODH) in National Public Health Statistics: Evaluation and Recommendations for Korea by Dong-Uk Park, Kyung Ehi Zoh, Yun-Keun Lee, Hoekyeong Seo, Sangjun Choi, Dong-Hee Koh, Jin-Ha Yoon, Kanwoo Youn, Mo-Yeol Kang, Eun Suk Choi, Jungwon Kim, Yangho Kim, Domyung Paek

“…Methods: The status of the collection and management of ODH registered as national statistics, drawn not only from the census-based general population and workforce, but also from POIS statistics was reviewed and evaluated. …”
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Exploring the similarities and differences of variables collected by burn registers globally: protocol for a data dictionary review study by Amber Young, Ken Dunn, Michael Peck, Yvonne Singer, Emily Bebbington, Joanna Miles

“…The aim of this project is to compare the variables collected in countrywide and intercountry burn registers internationally to understand their similarities and differences.Methods and analysis Burn register custodians will be invited to participate in the study and to share their register data dictionaries. …”
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The impact of happiness in political ads on party evaluation: A data donation study with emotion recognition by Xiaotong Chu, Annelien Van Remoortere, Susan Vermeer, Rens Vliegenthart, Sanne Kruikemeier

“…This study investigates the impact of projected images of happiness in election campaigns on ad-evoked emotions and party evaluation. An elaborate data collection was conducted during the final weeks of the 2021 Dutch General Election campaign. …”
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Introducing Novel Methods to Identify Fraudulent Responses (Sampling With Sisyphus): Web-Based LGBTQ2S+ Mixed-Methods Study by Kinnon Ross MacKinnon, Naail Khan, Katherine M Newman, Wren Ariel Gould, Gin Marshall, Travis Salway, Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, Hannah Kia, June SH Lam

“…However, there are significant complexities and costs that researchers must confront to collect reliable data to better understand this phenomenon, including the lack of a uniform definition and challenges with recruitment. …”
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Development of a questionnaire library for rapid health data acquisition during wildfire events by Lilian Liu, Christine Loftus, Diana Rohlman, Edmund Seto, Elena Austin

“…This method can also facilitate rapid questionnaire-based data collection following other disasters. …”
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Blue shark conservation in the Indian Ocean: data-limited insights on population structure, distribution, and stock assessments by Hoang Huy Huynh, Chun-Yi Hung, Sheng-Ping Wang, Wen-Pei Tsai

“…Continuous monitoring and adaptive management are essential for long-term sustainability, and size-based methods provide valuable insights for data-limited stocks.…”
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Development of a Cocreated Decision Aid for Patients With Depression—Combining Data-Driven Prediction With Patients’ and Clinicians’ Needs and Perspectives: Mixed Methods Study... by Kaying Kan, Frederike Jörg, Klaas J Wardenaar, Frank J Blaauw, Maarten F Brilman, Ellen Visser, Dennis Raven, Dwayne Meijnckens, Erik Buskens, Danielle C Cath, Bennard Doornbos, Robert A Schoevers, Talitha L Feenstra

“…Data collection, analyses, and tool development occurred between 2017 and 2021 using a mixed methods approach. …”
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Comment évaluer et mesurer la conflictualité liée aux usages de l’espace ? Eléments de méthode et de repérage by André Torre, Romain Melot, Luc Bossuet, Anne Cadoret, Armelle Caron, Ségolène Darly, Philippe Jeanneaux, Thierry Kirat, Haï Vu Pham

“…Finally we present the Conflicts data base©, with its tables and nomenclatures, in which the data collected in different fields is reconciled and analysed (III), before providing a few examples of how this method can be used to analyse the case of the Greater Paris Region.…”
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